Senior Director ServiceNow Ireland

“Bernard has an innate and special ability to translate the learnings and common threads from high performance sport to high performance business. His experiences and lessons are inspiring, insightful and entertaining, all at the same time. I would recommend his services highly to anyone looking to build a high performance culture.”

CIO at Porsche Cars GB Ltd

“Bernard is an absolute pro, took the time to understand my requirements and tailor his talk around business used cases for specific teams. He comes with a wealth of experience in both sport and business, and was able to bring to life the behaviours of high performance culture within a team in a very relatable and interactive format.”

DCU. Practicum Leader. Module Leader TCD / Programme Leader Executive Education TBS

“Bernard gives spell-binding talks and his diverse experience, such as in Japan with Toyota, makes his talks immediately relevant to the business world as well as the sporting world. He goes beyond platitudes to deliver take-home messages based on real experience and deep insight. Superb, really impressive content, style and impact.”

Admin Business Partner at Airbnb

“I had the chance to meet Bernard in a corporate development program where he was one of the main speakers. I loved his session on High Performing teams, his sense of humor and enthusiasm. I also reached out to him after the session to ask a few more info and he's been incredibly lovely to interact with!.”

Director of HR and Change at Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA)

“Bernard was the keynote speaker for the launch of our People Strategy, he was just excellent. He had everyone entertained with his stories and enthralled by his insights into high performance cultures. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend him.”

Country Manager, Island of Ireland, PlastoSac

“I asked Bernard to work with our sales team at our recent briefing session. From our first meeting to discuss the brief I was really impressed by Bernard’s focus on ensuring that the session delivered against the objectives required. Bernard has a huge life story that goes way beyond his playing and coaching prowess. His own commercial background really resonated with the team and he was able to ground his messages in their everyday reality of a sales team. The session was delivered with huge amounts of energy and authenticity and in the words of the team was a perfect intervention to help them deal with the pressures of delivering results and constant change. A number of weeks on the team constantly refer to their learnings from the session with Bernard. “

Chief Revenue Officer - Napier Ai

“I had Bernard speak with our high performing FinTech SaaS sales team. Bernard displayed all of the key leadership & coaching skills required by top executives in this space. In addition, Bernard's experiences from the dressing room, to the pitch, to the board room really resonated with the team and were inspirational. His personal style and empathy allows him to build relationships fast. That focus on results, execution, learning & continual improvement/development were some of the stories & themes that the team bought into. It was a real pleasure working with Bernard and productive session for our sales team.”.

Senior Recruitment Consultant

“Bernard spoke to a Sports Team that I'm involved with. He quickly identified and understood where we are as a group and helped address some of the key performance indicators to help us progress as a unit. Bernard was engaging and motivating and kept the content very relevant to what we wanted to achieve as a team. Thanks Bernard for your time and passion, highly recommend to anyone in a competitive environment that is looking to thrive in their field, whether through sporting or corporate settings.”

Key Account Manager at Delmec

“Bernard came and spoke to our Senior Ladies Leadership group within the club. It was a newly formed leadership group, within a gaelic football team Bernard spoke about his own experiences, skills he had acquired, the role of a leadership group and how he felt this leadership group could go about their role within in the group. He interacted with the group, took any number of questions and offered check ins via email. Bernard was a massive part in the club winning their first ever Senior Championship and leagues.”

Director, Head of Project Management at Mitchell McDermott

“Bernard attended our recent Management Away Day for a workshop on High Performance and Leadership Strategy. He hit the right note throughout the session, speaking from his own personal and professional journey to real life examples of high performance management and teams around the world when completing his thesis. Bernard was engaging and also very entertaining, his stories from his early sporting career through to his current career. I would recommend Bernard to any team or company looking for a workshop on high performance and leadership.”

CEO Aviva Ireland GI at Aviva

“Bernard is a fascinating speaker, very enjoyable thought provoking and funny..”

Head of Career Development Centre, Technological University Dublin

“Highly recommend Bernard as a keynote speaker. Hugely experienced in high performance environments in both the sporting and corporate worlds. He brings this experience to life in a very engaging and insightful way through relatable stories, while providing lots of practical takeaways. His core messages really resonate from both a personal and organisational developmental perspective..”

Human Resources Manager at AbbVie

“Thank you Bernard for delivering a very engaging talk about Culture during our Celebration of Culture Day at AbbVie on October 11th. It was great that we could broadcast your insights across all our AbbVie locations in Ireland. You had so many insights to share, from your experience in sport, business, media and research. We walked away with some great learnings and takeaways. Looking forward to speaking with you again soon”.

Lecturer | Psychotherapist | Organisational Gestalt Practitioner

“I had the pleasure of working with Bernard when he was hired to complete a piece of consulting work. I experienced him to be a focused, inspirational and empathic leader with a flair for creative thinking and futuristic vision. He is an excellent communicator with a collaborative style that fosters inclusion and team cohesion. He infused the project team with energy and purpose that enabled them to proceed towards co-created goals. I would highly recommend Bernard in driving participative change.”

Sportsbook&Trading manager at Superbet

“Bernard has huge experience in many different areas, which makes him a very interesting and inspiring person. Not many people I know that you can listen to for hours like Bernard. His thoughts and words were inspirational and make you think in the right direction. Appreciate every session and would always recommend him.”

Head of Property at Aviva

“Bernard spoke at our senior leader event in Aviva last week and I can honestly say, it was up there as one of the most engaging thought leader sessions I've been at over the years (and I've attended many!) He had so much content to draw from in relation to high performing teams, with examples from his time on the pitch / in the dressing room, to his thesis which was truly fascinating, to his current career in the boardroom with Gartner. His personal stories and real life examples of performance management were engaging and memorable, making it easy for attendees to bank the ideas and draw on them in the future. I could honestly say that I could attend many more sessions with Bernard and pick up a few nuggets each and every time.

Highly engaging, relevant, entertaining and memorable. I recommend him to any organisation or team looking for high performance insights.”

Head Of Trade Marketing at Fanzo

“Bernard spoke at one of our Guinness Six Nations live events in Galway. He was fantastic. the croud loved him. He really engaged with the audience and helped build a fantastic atmosphere for the evening. I highly recommend him for anyone looking for rugby talent for events”